Guest guest Posted February 20, 2001 Report Share Posted February 20, 2001 A friend of mine has been going to classes for a while, and now wants to get a tape (audio, not video) to help her get into doing her own practice at home. <br><br>I don't really know much about what's available - any recommendations? Isn't there one by Richard Freeman? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2001 Report Share Posted February 20, 2001 yo alan- i used the david swenson primary series audio cassette available at ashtanga.net - very helpful and didn't take long before I had it memorized and could go at it myself <br><br>he has intermediate audio also- although, i've only listened to it in the car on a long trip- a girl can dream can't she?<br><br>s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2001 Report Share Posted February 20, 2001 Personally, I can't see why anybody would want or need anything other than the Yoga Works tape with Pattabbi Jois leading six top students/teachers through the primary series. <br><br>By coincidence, I just looked at it yesterday, and I noticed that four of the six practitioners on that tape are wellknown and are frequently mentioned on this site (Tim Miller, Chuck Miller, Richard Freeman and Eddie Stern). The other two (Maty Ezraty and Karen Haberman, both female) I knew nothing at all about, other than that they are on the tape. I now have found that Ms. Ezraty is with Yoga Works according to the ashtanga website. But, what is the story with these two, and what do you (all) think accounts for their relative anonymity? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2001 Report Share Posted February 20, 2001 Maty, along with Chuck Miller is the owner of Yoga Works. Karen lives in India, and has for some time. She is well known in the Ashtanga community.Both of these women are fantastic yoginis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2001 Report Share Posted February 20, 2001 Hi!<br>I am interested in that tape you were talking about with Pattabbi Jois. Where would I be able to get that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2001 Report Share Posted February 20, 2001 malsag,<br><br>the Yoga Works tape is certainly great, but wasn't Alan asking about an audio (not video) tape? Uhm.<br><br>But maybe it's just that habit of you Americans to learn Astanga from videos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2001 Report Share Posted February 20, 2001 Whoops, you're right. (How exciting!) Maybe it's just my American habit of not reading things carefully. Or, maybe I just like that Yoga Works tape so much that I couldn't stop myself. <br><br>I wonder why Alan specified audio not video? (I don't have any suggestions for audio tapes.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2001 Report Share Posted February 20, 2001 I believe Swenson has audio tapes of 1st series, maybe 2nd as well. Ought to be pretty good.<br><br>For those who are new, one thing about practicing to audio or video tapes: the heat factor.<br><br>For example, if you choose to practice to Richard Freeman's excellent astanga video, be aware that you may need your practice room to be somewhat warmer than if you were practicing to Swenson's tape. Why? Because Freeman's pace is IMO signicantly slower than Swenson's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2001 Report Share Posted February 20, 2001 I am looking for a good video. Preferably intermediate. Could you recommend any? I have heard alot about Freemans videos, are they good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2001 Report Share Posted February 20, 2001 My apologies also for misspelling P-a-t-t-a-b-h-i Jois (more than once, too). I never had to write it down before.<br>(Now I am puzzled -- how could a mistake like that have failed to provoke any sarcastic correction? Thank you for your restraint!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2001 Report Share Posted February 20, 2001 Don't worry -- stevegadd1 spelled it "Pattabbi Jois" [msg 6422] and he is looking for "a good video. Preferably intermediate." [msg 6430]. This board is becoming so peaceful that sunandmike and blondie may come back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2001 Report Share Posted February 20, 2001 try the yoga works videos, first or second series. according to the ashtanga.com video section, it is available thru jivamukti, but i could not find it on their site anymore. the address for yoga works is<br>Yoga Works<br>1426 Montana Ave, 2nd Floor<br>Santa Monica, CA 90403<br>Tel (310) 393-5150<br>Fax (310) 656-5892<br>Wholesale contact (310) 664-6476 ext.5<br><br>i was also unable to find a way to purchase the videos from the yoga works web page<br><a href=http://www.yogaworks.com/index.htm target=new>http://www.yogaworks.com/index.htm</a> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 21, 2001 Report Share Posted February 21, 2001 Why did I specify audio not video? Because that's what my friend wants - not something to learn from, she has a perfectly good teacher for that - just something to remind her what comes next while she gets used to practicing on her own. Of course, she could just use a video and not look at it.<br><br>The Yogaworks video sounds interesting though, I might get it myself. Does anybody know if American videos work in Europe - aren't the TV standards different (NTSC & PAL)?<br><br>A friend of mine studied with Karen Haberman in India for a month last year and was very impressed. I'm thinking I might go to her before or after I go to Mysore next winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 21, 2001 Report Share Posted February 21, 2001 malsag,<br><br>"that habit of you Americans to learn Astanga from videos" was not meant to be offensive in any way - Good Lord, who wants to offend our American friends?<br><br>It's a fact: the only European video on Astanga Yoga so far available is the one on Primary Series produced by Lino Miele. In America, you have more to choose from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 21, 2001 Report Share Posted February 21, 2001 Alan,<br><br>An alternative to the David Swenson audio tapes might be the 2 tapes offered by The Prana Studio: one is on Primary Series, the other one is an "Ashtanga Shorty". See <a href=http://www.thepranastudio.com/shopPrana.htm target=new>http://www.thepranastudio.com/shopPrana.htm</a> .<br><br>But since I don't use them, I don't kow whether they are recommendable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 21, 2001 Report Share Posted February 21, 2001 I believe you can also order David Swenson's Ashtanga Video Tapes in the European format. He has all the info on his <br><br>www.ashtanga.net<br><br>website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 21, 2001 Report Share Posted February 21, 2001 OK so I am not the best speller. Can anybody give me a tip on the videos? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 21, 2001 Report Share Posted February 21, 2001 Yes, the Yoga Works second series video is as wonderful as the first series one; it also features Pattabhi Jois (!!!!) and the same six notables. I thought that Jivamukti had both tapes (you're in New York, right?), but if not I guess go to message #6433 and try the information given there. (I have both - got them at Jivamukti - but given my level of practice, I try not to think too much about the second one.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 21, 2001 Report Share Posted February 21, 2001 The David Swenson video of second and third series is good. It does not include any of the standing series or finishing series postures -- assuming, correctly I believe, that anyone who is attempting second or third series does not need this information.<br><br>There is also the video Ashtanga Yoga: Second Series with K. Pattabhi Jois which is a demonstration video featuring Sri K. Pattabhi Jois guiding six of his senior students through the Second Series of ashtanga yoga. I have not seen this one but it is hard to imagine that it would be anything but helpful.<br><br>the KPJ video of second series [as well as the one of first series] is available from Jivamukti -- $28.99 I think. Their site is kind of hard to navigate. I simply ran the word "Jois" in the search engine of their "boutique."<br><br>Om Shanti,<br><br>Shambhala Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 21, 2001 Report Share Posted February 21, 2001 Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 21, 2001 Report Share Posted February 21, 2001 '...our American friends?"<br>something of an oxymoron, huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 21, 2001 Report Share Posted February 21, 2001 boredcthis,<br><br>Why an oxymoron - do "American" and "friend" contradict themselves? I think they do not!<br><br>However, I noticed that the American members here are VERY sensitive when you come to speak about their country and you are NOT an American. So one must be careful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 21, 2001 Report Share Posted February 21, 2001 I've never met an American i didn't like, Their energy, their openness, their software. . . <br><br>but it's a fukked country and no mistake! <br><br>My tuppence theory includes the words parvenu, history and neuroses but who cares. May be the US is just all our dumb ass litte country's writ large. And what is all this puritanical 'Your yoga's not proper yoga' nonsense. It seems so antithetical to what i take to be the essence of yoga: a union with god. If it works then it's fine. We're not Brahmin with a life to fill with a search for the ineffable but (mostly) tiny westerners trying to fit our practice into daft little lives. All this tosh about some path writ in stone seems such a distraction, so egotistical. . . oh damn you got me doing it now!<br><br>To you all a peace that passeth all understanding and God bless Amerika! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 21, 2001 Report Share Posted February 21, 2001 Oh well, I met "some" Americans I didn't like...but then, nobody's perfect.<br><br>So I agree with you: GOD BLESS AMERICA! (and by the way, Americans seem to be much better at appreciating the value of Astanga Yoga than we Germans do...I think on this point, we still have to learn a lot from them in this country.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 21, 2001 Report Share Posted February 21, 2001 "....Americans seem to be much better<br> at appreciating the value of Astanga Yoga..."<br><br>that's because americans have madonna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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